CEO of Nissan Motor, Hiroto Saikawa go on office discrepancy

9 September 2019

The investigation of Carlos Ghosn raised and the top management of Nissan Motor

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nissan Yasushi Kimura said today that the CEO of the company Mr. Hiroto Saikawa in connection with new allegations of misconduct, will retire September 16 this year, and Nissan's COO, Mr. Yasuhiro Yamauchi will serve as the acting Executive Director until the end of October to find a new permanent Director for Nissan Motor.
Comments kimori was made after the company Board has outlined the results of an internal investigation "misconduct", which led to the arrest of the former Chairman Carlos Ghosn and created the situation "loss of face" the top management is the second largest automaker in Japan. Over time, the scope of the investigation expanded significantly and included the misuse of Sycaway incentive program for the managerial staff of the company.
He recently Saikawa declared readiness to resign, and the Board unanimously Nissan concluded that it is better to take an immediate decision on this issue, as he said, appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in June, Ms. Kimura at night hastily convened press conference at the world headquarters of Nissan, located South of Tokyo.
She said, "We felt that immediate action would be appropriate. While we are in the complex process of finding a successor".
The decision to resign Saikaly a complete break with the era of the Rut and launches a new generation of top managers is not as closely associated with the former discredited CEO.
Hiroto Saikawa was a faithful assistant Carlos Ghosn during the greater part of his 19-year tenure at the head of the concern Renault-Nissan and co, General Director of the Gon during the transitional years, before becoming sole CEO of Nissan in 2017.